Metalab Studio

Architecture, Civic Art, and Product Design firm. Finding new and better ways to build things.

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@chargarret sent this great photo of the back wall of the Sojourn Heights #sanctuary getting opened up for the connection of the new fellowship hall addition. The completed opening is a bit narrower than the... https://t.co/UGK0rEW5zL

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Like seeing an old friend (at the #ElPaso airport. @resite_studio Artists. #MetalabCivicArt #Mandala #Dichroic #DigitalFabrication @ El Paso International Airport — at El Paso International Airport https://t.co/lIXAOQTtPT

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Textures and odd artifacts abound in the #Historic #Godbold #GrainElevator. Metalab has been commissioned to design the conversion of this building into a distillery that will specialize in #Sotol, a native high... https://t.co/YPmyiMXS9Y

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Views from atop the #Godbold in #Marfa. #TheGodbold #MarfaDistillingCompany #MetalabArchitecture #HistoricBuilding #ShittingMyPants #80feetup @ Marfa, Texas — in Marfa, TX, United States https://t.co/O4QbfpOv6Z

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#Sotol planted by #DonaldJudd in neat rows in front of the Chamberlain building in #Marfa. #Distillery #MetalabArchitecture #ChinatiFoundation @ Marfa, Texas — in Marfa, TX, United States https://t.co/5Ujae7fSGX

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The renovation and addition to #SojournChurch in the Heights is underway! #MetalabArchitecture #Historic #Restoration #Renovation #ChurchArchitecture @ Houston Heights, Texas — in Houston Heights, TX, United States https://t.co/Qx6DRqIOSR

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A few historic images of the #Godbold #GrainElevator under construction ca. 1950. B. J. Masters, president of the Hayes & Stoltz Industrial Manufacturing Company dug these up for us and offered to come see us in... https://t.co/ttZbkx1P93

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Demolition and abatement are complete and design underway for a renovation of the #IBMBuilding at the corner of Main and McGowen. Many in Houston know it as the Green Sheet building. It’s prior history is more... https://t.co/eaQGEROXoL

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Starting up an interesting adaptive re-use project in #Marfa, converting the #Godbold #GrainElevator into a #Distillery. We spent the day crawling and climbing through the place, and at the end we were met by Mr.... https://t.co/eJkaFrp9AF

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A very special #NewConstruction project of #JanuszDesign /@gravitysuitsme during a final punchlist walkthrough. (The front porch handrail is temporary and will be removed under cover of night!) #ModernArchitecture... https://t.co/5aagvA60Lw

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And now beginning the renovation of #5601Navigation... The talented Guillermo Rosas and his crew are restoring the original clerestory windows and creating several new steel window openings for the original loading... https://t.co/2cDgvCnqEP

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@houstonbikeshare moving in to #5603Navigation in just a couple weeks! Historic windows are fully restored and the interior offices and workshop are nearly complete. #MetalabArchitecture #MetalabProperties #KensingerDonnelly #EEHou #EastEndHouston #EastEndDistrict

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Before and after the B! We’re getting ready to welcome @houstonbcycle to #5603Navigation! The old school glazing putty is still drying, but it will be painted Kelly green with the rest of the original steel... https://t.co/bw51w4iS7y

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#MarshReeds, another compelling project by @resite_studio was recently completed for the lobby of the new Mayo Clinic facility in #Jacksonville Florida. It’s composed of 750 acrylic rods with heat treated colorful... https://t.co/AwhqeUmXmb

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Last Friday I had the pleasure of presenting @rct_d1satx (Roberto Trevino, district 1 councilman of San Antonio) with a framed laser etch of all the parts that comprise one of our #sanantonioriverwalk #RiverBoats.... https://t.co/HWphl3Mvz1

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Our new property on Navigation is coming along... (We’re investing with partners, not moving!). This plain building is one of many mid-century gems in the east end, revealed when cleaned up a bit. Steel windows... https://t.co/rgxk5BpLsG

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#MarshReeds by @resite_studio is getting installed this weekend in #Jacksonville by @armando_damian_arteaga our Director of Public Art projects. We created a parametric model to adjust the curves form and the... https://t.co/EfqR9NSgUk

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#Infanitesimals by @rustyscruby recently installed at #TexasAM university in the new Engineering Building. Thank you to @crisworley and @kinzelmanart for the commission and @tyartservices for a seamless... https://t.co/n23mhA5vGG

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Latergram, day 5 in Iceland, heading back toward Reykjavik, pondering glaciers, tiny people specks, and earth all around us... @ Skaftafell, Iceland

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Been a while since I’ve been in here... #GravelSilos #EEHOU #BuffaloBayou #IndustrialRuins @ Eastside, Houston, Texas